Former Alexander aide charged with two felony porn counts

10:22 AM,
Dec. 13, 2013

This image from video provided by WJLA-TV shows Ryan Loskarn, chief of staff to Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., being escorted from his Washington home by U.S. Postal Inspection Service police Wednesday. Alexander later fired Loskarn. / AP

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Paul C. Barton, Michael Cass and Walter F. Roche Jr.
| The Tennessean

Ryan Loskarn, who until this week was chief of staff to U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, was arraigned and charged with two felony crimes Thursday as part of a child pornography investigation.

Loskarn, 35, was charged with possession and distribution of child pornography before U.S. Magistrate John Facciola in Washington. The possession charge carries a potential maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. The distribution charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years in prison and a maximum of 20 years.

Loskarn, who was removed from Alexander's payroll after the senator learned of the ...